Reports of tribal citizens being questioned by agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have created widespread panic in the Southwest
Molly Montgomery
Molly Montgomery grew up in Santa Fe and studied moral philosophy at Yale College. She covered Rio Arriba County and agricultural issues at the Rio Grande Sun in Española, where she received a New Mexico Press Association award for best environmental/agricultural reporting. She’s especially interested in New Mexican land politics and the state’s legal system.
Posted inImmigration
Donald Trump’s victory puts all eyes back on the border
The candidate who depicted immigrants as dangerous criminals just won with an impressive electoral mandate. Will he follow through on the aggressive policies he sold to voters?
Posted inPolitics
The Navajo lawmaker bridging past and future
Senator Shannon Pinto, the only Diné member of the New Mexico Senate, serves a constituency whose lives have been threatened over time by industry, exploitation, and violence
Posted inFeatured
Española begins clearing homeless encampment
City officials had wavered for months as anger from locals mounted
Posted inHousing
A standoff between the housed and the unhoused in Española
Angry residents demand removal of the city’s homeless encampment
Posted inEnvironment
A power play on the Caja
The government wants a new transmission line on a treasured plateau. Opponents say it’s a line too far.
